Evidence of rapid ongoing brain development beyond 2 years of age detected by fiber tracking

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1261-1265

  Ding, Xiao Qi ^a,b   Sun, Y ^a   Braass H ^a   Illies, T ^a   Zeumer, H ^a   Lanfermann, H ^b   Fiehler, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 49749093056     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1097     Document Type: Article

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